The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
62 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert Emmett DolanOriginal Music Composer
- Bob HopeWriter
- Jack RoseScreenplay
- Elliott NugentDirector
- Edmund BeloinScreenplay
Cast
- Bob HopeRonnie Jackson
- Dorothy LamourBaroness Carlotta Montay
- Peter LorreKismet
- Lon Chaney Jr.Willie
- John HoytDr. Lundau
- Charles DingleMajor Simon Montague
- Reginald DennyJames Collins
- Frank PugliaBaron Montay
- Ann DoranMiss Rogers
- Willard RobertsonPrison Warden
- Jack La RueTony
- Charles ArntCrawford
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Themes
amateur detectivespoof